Terms Used In Maryland Code > FAMILY LAW > Title 3 - Breach of Promise to Marry and Alienation of Affections

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
• legal holiday: means :
  
  (1) January 1, for New Year's Day;
  
  (2) (i) January 15, for Dr. See
• Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.